Tag: faster
How Can Galaxies Recede from Us Faster Than the Speed of Light?
The UniverseFridays Faster-Than-Light Galaxies Are a Fact of Life in Our Expanding Universe When space itself expands, weird things can happen—like galaxies breaking the universe’s ultimate speed limit By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings The most distant galaxies in this deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope appear as small, faint dots—and…
Fiber Optics Breakthrough Promises Faster Internet
New ‘Glass Straw’ Fibers Could Speed Up the Internet A cable design that sends light through air rather than solid glass could cut signal loss and make long-distance transmissions cheaper By Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazine Typical optical fibres consist of thin, solid glass wires. Tweaking the design could allow them to carry more data…
Starmer’s response to Trump tariffs is both to slow down and go faster
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer watched in his flat. Chancellor Rachel Reeves saw it in her study. The Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, accompanied by staff and pizza, took in President Donald Trump’s big tariffs reveal on Wednesday from his office in Old Admiralty Arch, from where the British Navy was directed to protect and control…
Why wildfires are becoming faster and more furious
“The fire was able to get started, get a foothold, and then the wind came in and pushed it really, really hard,” says Ellie Graeden, co-chief executive of RedZone Analytics, which makes wildfire modelling products for the insurance industry. “This is really as bad as it can get.” The fire exploded, followed by other wildfires…